Well, those of you who had a go at Ubisoft over a lack of a female protagonist in Assassin’s Creed: Unity should get those pitchforks ready… maybe.
Marvel today announced that Thor, one of their most popular characters alongside the likes of Spider-Man, Iron Man and Captain America, is soon to be a woman in the comics.
“This October, Marvel Comics evolves once again in one of the most shocking and exciting changes ever to shake one of the ‘big three’ of Captain America, Iron Man and Thor,” Marvel said in a press release. “No longer is the classic Thunder God able to hold the mighty hammer, Mjölnir, and a brand new female hero will emerge worthy of the name Thor.”
“This is not She-Thor,” added writer Jason Aaron in a prepared statement. “This is not Lady Thor. This is not Thorita. This is Thor. This is the Thor of the Marvel Universe. But it’s unlike any Thor we’ve ever seen before.”
That all said, Disney Infinity Executive Producer John Vignocchi, speaking with Polygon, said that the Thor in Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes will remain a man. For now.
“The Thor that we have inside of Infinity is based on the animated series Avengers Assemble,” Vignocchi said. “Infinity being a platform that evolves over time, that certainly doesn’t rule out the possibility of creating a new version of Thor. Should there be a demand, we’d love to do that.”
Vignocchi added that Infinity has no problem with multiple versions of characters, in-game, so we could very easily see the male and female versions of Thor fighting alongside one another if demand is high.
Our Disney Infinity 2.0 E3 preview should be published soon.
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